As the name suggests, museums of paleontology are museums that exhibit paleontology. So, what is paleontology? As the name suggests, paleontology is those ancient creatures that have been dead for a long time. So how do we know about these long-dead ancient creatures?
It turns out that not all ancient creatures disappeared into thin air after their death. The remains and remains of many ancient creatures are buried in the strata and preserved in the form of fossils.
evolution of life
It is these fossils that tell us that life has existed on the earth for at least 3.8 billion years. These fossils also tell us that during this long period of 3.8 billion years, various types of creatures have experienced the process of origin, prosperity, decline and extinction, and the entire biological world has experienced from simple to complex in this process. , the evolutionary process from low level to high level.
Therefore, here we list all museums that deal with the origin and evolution of life in our paleontological museums.
Come to our Museum of Paleontology, you will see all kinds of strange ancient creatures, and you will understand the mysterious evolution process of creatures.
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